Re: [m0n0wall] in BIG NEED of help. is anybody willing to? 3rd post with same quesiton

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Tue, 27 Jul 2004 10:15:18 -0400

Have you tried adding static routes via the WebGUI?
Quoting ubi de feo <ubi at twodotone dot com>:
> hi, guys.
> i need to have this solved to put my m0n0 to work.
> it's actually the third time i post it, but nobody ever responded
>
> well...
> with the help of couple of you, at least now i'm conscious about what
> my problem is.
>
> the gateway that my ISP's DHCS provides me, sits outside of the IP
> network (and changes sometimes).
> now...
>
> from the DHCP i get this
>
> IP: 213.84.18.xxx
> netmask: 255.255.255.0
> gateway: 195.190.249.11
>
> the DNS's are
>
> 194.109.104.104
> 194.109.6.66
>
> looks like freeBSD (differently from Fedora or other "easy" distros)
> doesn't accept this kind of "difference".
> i think this should be solved in the m0n0 distro instead of trying to
> add routes and stuff like that.
> every time i add a net to the routing table, it gets deleted after a
> while because the WAN interface
> is set to work as a DHCP client.
>
> Fred Mol posted this in a reply
>
> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=206649&p=3
>
> and they talk about manually adding -net and routes
>
> how to make these changes be permanent (considering i'm not that
> network or Linux expert?).
> as far as i know Fedora is one of the linux distros who's not affected
> by this (not sure, though).
> infact my fedora was working perfectly when connected to the ADSL modem
> as DHCP client.
>
> is there any GURU around that can help?
>
> as always...
> thanx guys for all your help
>
> ciao.ubi
>
>
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